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Bummerville, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Arnold-West Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95255. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Point quadrangle. It stands 2,946 feet above sea level.

Bummerville within Calaveras County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bummerville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Bummerville, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

463 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 463 fires within 5 miles of Bummerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,279 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 29 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined143
Debris and open burning137
Equipment and vehicle use74
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Recreation and ceremony16
Smoking15
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Natural11
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMAIN
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictPINEWOOD
9 September 1999Natural400 acresStanislaus National ForestWINTON
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined115 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #31
8 September 2017Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMADRONE LN BUCKHORN
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitTAYLOR
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSMITTY
6 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitEZELLA CT PIONEER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 436 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 436 workings within 5 miles of Bummerville: 177 past producers, 153 occurrences, 90 unknowns, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Copper, Lead, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AjaxSilver, Gold, LeadProducer
AjaxGold, Lead, SilverUnknown
BeldenGold, Lead, Zinc, IronPast Producer1855
Big PineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold
BlackstoneGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
DefenderGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
ElkhornGold, Copper, ZincPast ProducerBornite, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Forest CreekGold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Silver MountainGold, QuartzOccurrence
BlackstoneGold, SilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Calaveras County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lynn Park Acres0.9 miles28
West Point1.2 miles28
Wilseyville1.6 miles28
Sandy Gulch2.0 miles28
Hams3.0 miles26
Independence3.6 miles30
Rail Road Flat4.0 miles30
Porter4.3 miles29

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BummervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4997292The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 220146. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.